Schkeuditz

Schkeuditz is a massive county seat inside the district of North Saxony inside the northwest of Saxony. It is midway among Leipzig in the southeast and Halle in the northwest and is the 3rd biggest city in the district. Schkeuditz is thought particularly because the vicinity of Leipzig-Halle Airport, that is located north of the town, and for the Schkeuditzer Kreuz, the first highway junction in Germany. Schkeuditz turned into first documented in 981 below the call scudici as a parish church within the diocese of Merseburg.

In 1271 Schkeuditz became sold by way of the Margrave of Landsberg to the Prince Bishopric of Merseburg, which additionally gave the city authority in 1436. Until 1815 Schkeuditz was the capital of the high Stift Merensburg workplace Schkeuditz, which became below Electoral Saxon sovereignty due to the fact 1561 and 1656 to 57 and 1738 a part of the secession Principality of Saxony Merseburg belonged. From 1621 to 1622 there has been a tipper mint inside the city, wherein intervening time coins had been struck below the mint master Heinrich Ulm. These had been Kreuzer pieces and Kipper Schreckberger. In the Thirty Years War Schkeuditz changed into burned twelve times and plundered 9 times.